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Back to US, back to US, back to Afghanistan.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/4/how-do-afghanistan-forces-and-taliban-compare
> The Taliban now controls about half of Afghanistan’s districts
Who wanna bet, no stopping there?
But here's the comparison, tl;dr version:
1. personnel (estimates)
Afghan national security forces (including the army, special forces, air force, police, and intelligence) total strength: 307 000
From this the combat forces: 180 000
Taliban: 55-85 000
2. funding (further estimates)
Afghan military: $5-6 billion
Taliban: $300 million to $1,5 billion
3. weapons and equipment (this one listed in a silly way)
Afghan military: Western made weapons, assault rifles, armoured vehicles, artillery, surveillance drones, night-vision goggles, air force (with attack helicopters)
Taliban: mainly small arms and light weapons, RPGs, mortars, various small rockets, some AA and AT capabilities, suicide bombers, IEDs, captured Western made weapons and equipment
4. cohesion and morale (how they measured this?)
Afghan military: suffered high casualties, corruption, desertions, now foreign troops departed, poor planning and leadership, low morale
Taliban: internal rifts, but greater cohesion, religious zeal
Considering the Taliban has the initiative and pushes on - for now - unstoppable, this does not look good for the govt. the US left behind.
Also, I found this:
https://www.longwarjournal.org/mapping-taliban-control-in-afghanistan